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"The normal average amount of clothing required in a temperate climate
such as ours is: _One pound weight of clothing to every one stone
weight of the body_.... Thus the clothes of a child weighing 3 stones
should be 3lb., and for a man or woman weighing 10 stones the clothes
should weigh 10lb. This is a definite statement; at any rate, disprove
it who can."--_Sir JAMES CANTLIE in "The Daily Mail."_
We gave instructions to our Mathematical specialist to work out the
figures, and his report is that he finds them substantially correct.